History

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CONFEDERATION DEBATES
Confederation - Link to Learning
The Confederation Debate: 50 Years and Counting
Debatabase: A World of Great Debates

HISTORY LINKS
Canadian Atlases
Historica Youth Links
Canadian Biographies
Canadian History Society
Canada in the Making
Hudson's Bay Company
Fur Trade Stories
Google Earth: combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Historical Atlas of Canada - online learning project
Kidipede - History and Science for Kids
Framing Canada - a photographic memory, primary source photographs
4-H Virtual Farm
Earth and Sky - skywatching tab shows each night's sky chart
Parks Canada - links to Canada's national parks, historic sites, marine conservation areas, cultural heritage and natural heritage
Eyewitness to History
Link to Learning - Gr. 7 History, New France
Ed Select - New France
La Nouvelle France - New France
Kidspast
Newberry Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
David Rumsey Historic Maps
This Day in History
Historica Dominion - Book of Condolences
WorldHistory - create your own biography timeline and map
Museum Box - If you could put a number of items into a box that described your life, what would you include?
BBC Dimensions
BBC History - timeline
BBC Witness - history as told by the people who were there
Historvius - Discover Historic Sites
Black History of Canada
360ed - 360
Footnote - historical documents
History Buff - videos of US historical sites
Historypin - pin your history to the world
Animaps - create and view animated maps
Weaving History - visual guide to history
Digital History - US history online textbook
Northern Blue - today's Canadian birthdays
HCO - the history of Canada online
War of 1812 - timeline, articles, trivia games, learning resources, interactive maps, and more
Sir John A. Day - January 11th, 2011
Elections Canada - history of the vote in Canada
Canada History - confederation
Ontario History Quest - for students in grades 7, 8, 10 and 12 studying history from 1820-1970
Canadian Geographic - The War of 1812
War of 1812 - anniversary site
Learn Alberta - War of 1812
The History Education Network - primary/secondary sources, including videos, podcasts, photos, maps, specific resources, etc.
Government of Canada - sites for historical research

MUSEUMS
Museums Online
Canadian War Museum
Canadian Museum of Civilisation
Royal Ontario Museum
National Gallery of Canada
McCord Museum - Keys to History
McCord Museum - EduWeb
Virtual Museum
Archives Canada
Collections Canada
Our Roots - Nos Racines
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Military History Gateway
San Diego Museum of Natural History

Photos of Museum of Civilisation taken by Mme Giannopoulos, July 2009